Deaths Elsewhere Former Chevron exec
COVINGTON – Services for retired Chevron counsel and executive G. Howard Dearing will be Friday. He died May 4 at age 89.
He was a US Navy veteran of World War II. He was with S...
Deaths Elsewhere Noted auto dealer
BATON ROUGE – Services are Monday for retired Chevrolet dealer Gerald “Gerry” Lane. He died May 3 at age 82.
He was president of the Super Chevy Dealer Group for 23 years and a d...
Deaths Elsewhere Former legislator
SHREVEPORT – Services are pending for former legislator the Rev. Danny Mitchell. He died May 2 at age 69.
He served two terms in the Louisiana House of Representative from Distrit...
Deaths Elsewhere Former coroner
WINNFIELD – Services for former coroner Dr. James Peters, Jr. will be Wednesday. He died April 29 at age 84.
He was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean War and a long-time Winn Pari...
Deaths Elsewhere Retired Nicholls professor
HOUMA – Services for former Nicholls State University professor Loretta Haddad will be Tuesday. She died April 20 at age 77.
She was a piano professor at Nicholls St.
Sur...
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time ob-gyn
LAFAYETTE – Services for ob-gyn Dr. Wilfrid Dolan will be Wednesday. He died April 25.
He was a US Navy veteran of World War II and the Korean War. He was former department head o...
Deaths Elsewhere Retired pastor, city councilman
HORNBECK – Services for former City Council member and United Pentecostal preacher the Rev. Doyle Carpenter will be Wednesday. He died April 22 at age 84.
He pastore...
Deaths Elsewhere Long-time School Board member
LUTCHER – Services for former School Board president and businessman Riley Boudreaux were Saturday. He died April 17 at age 89.
He was a US Army veteran of World War I...
Deaths Elsewhere Former Southern U. dean
BATON ROUGE – Services for former dean of the Southern University College of Arts and Humanities Huel Perkins are pending. He died April 15 at age 88.
He was dean of the uni...
Deaths Elsewhere Former state education official
PONCHATOULA _ Servives for former state assistant superintendent for Vocational Education William “Coach Bill” Johnson will be Thursday. He died April 14 at age 88.
...
Deaths Elsewhere Former LC professor, librarian
DEVILLE– Services for former Louisiana College professor and librarian Benton McGee were Saturday. He died April 6 at age 74.
After working at LC, he retired from Ce...
Deaths Elsewhere Printer, newspaper owner
BATON ROUGE – Services for commercial printer and newspaper owner James Land, III will be Friday. He died March 29 at age 90.
He founded the Weekly Leader, a newspaper for ...
